Employee Service Awards

Every fall semester, employees who reached Service Milestones of 5, 10,
20, 30, 40, and 50
years by the preceding August 31 are recognized in a service award ceremony.
In a separate event, employees who reach their 25-year service anniversary are inducted
into the distinguished Quarter Century Club. For more information,
please see the Employee Service Award Program Policy (UTDBP3092) or contact EmployeeRelations@utdallas.edu.

Service Award Gifts

Five year gifts are sent to the Dean or Vice President of your school/division
by University Events for distribution. Gifts for 10, 20,
30, 40 and 50 year recipients are presented during the Annual Service Award Ceremony.

If you retire in the same year that you reach a service milestone,
you will be sent a retirement gift instead of a service award gift.

40 Year Service

Eligible Service

Includes:

UT Dallas service as a staff, faculty or research/teaching assistant of
0.25 FTE [Full-Time Equivalent]
or greater for at least 4 ½ months.* [Research/Teaching Assistants and Visiting Professors may received credit for time worked; See #3.]

A nine-month faculty appointment would constitute one year of service.

*Research/Teaching Assistants
(RA/TA [Research/Teaching Assistants] )
and Visiting Professors will receive credit for time worked if
they are hired into a regular position and worked both semesters
in the fiscal year in which they were an
RA/TA [Research/Teaching Assistants]
or Visiting Professor.

A leave of absence
(LOA [Leave of Absence] )
will not count against time worked unless the employee was out more than six
(6) consecutive months.

Lecturers in a “temp” status will receive service credit if
teaching in both semesters of the academic year at a
0.25 FTE [Full-Time Equivalent]
or greater.

Breaks in service are combined to calculate total service credit
(i.e.: a service period of 1970-1974 and 1980-1986 would equal 10 years of service).

Excludes:

Service performed as casual labor or temporary employee.

Service as a student employee.

Service with any other agency of the State of Texas.

Service with any other component institution in the University of Texas System.